Tack Letters and Help Wanted Notices in One Item
A widow seeks a capable office manager role with no encumbrances and flexible relocation, offering strong references and readiness to work for fair pay. A housekeeper applicant requests rooming-house management plus general duties, highlighting cooking and refinement. Lost parasol notice offers a reward for recovery of a silver-handled item tagged Crowley La.
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Plainview
Texas
Joe Tack
L. C
South
Lincoln Street
Spanish Spitz Toy Missing in Santa Fe yards
My little white and tan Spanish Spitz named Toy got away from my daddy at the Santa Fe yards last Monday. Reward offered. Contact Reba Jo Adams at 2301 Garfield Street or dial 6831.
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Tack
Spitz
Santa Fe
Toy
Reba JO Adams
Garfield Street
Dial
WANTS HOUSE WORK
A plea from a 23 year old reader seeking house work with strong references. She notes prior help and eagerness to work in any home, city or country to support her babies.
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East Twelfth Ave
Boy seeks cheap bicycle for 6 dollars at 714 Harrison
A 13 year old boy offers six dollars for a used bicycle and asks readers to call 714 Harrison Street. He also seeks work in nursing or housework and is willing to take obstetric or any sick cases for compensation.
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Harrison Street
John
Tack
Lost pony ad seeks return in local paper
A resident seeks his medium size Shetland pony, missing since Saturday. He offers a 50 cent reward for its return and signs as Jack Gouldy of 1701 Ong Street, with E. zg. TF.
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Tack
Dai
Jack Gouldy
Ong Street
Blue Star Ointment Relief for Itchy Skin
A cooling ointment promises fast itch relief by melting into the skin and delivering tested medicines into pores to combat tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm and related irritations. Money back if it fails.
Plea for Panhandle Prairie Chickens
A letter urging Panhandle ranchers and landowners to ban hunting prairie chickens year round to prevent extinction. The author praises a recent sportsman’s plan and urges decisive action to protect the rare bird, arguing it will sustain sport for future generations and benefit landowners.
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Great Plains
Panhandle
Reward for Lost Traveling Bag in Channing Texas
Mrs Clara Hardaway of Channing Texas offers a reward for the return of a black traveling bag lost off a moving truck last Thursday July 27 between 15 miles east of Channing and the Canadian River bridge. Contents include baby clothes a ladies house dress a ladies wrist watch and a man's sand colored Stetson hat size seven. Old Tack will pay $1 for the return of this bag and contents.
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Tack
Channng
Canadian River Bridge
Clara Hardaway
Channing
Texas
Old Tack
Couple seeks ride to Fort Worth or Dallas on Aug 7 or 8
A reader from 2402 B N. W. First Avenue asks for a car ride share to Fort Worth or Dallas on August 7 or 8. They offer references and payer of expenses. Call 2-3012. A high school boy seeks a work placement for room and board with wages, offering top references. Walter Haynes, in care of Tack.
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N. W
First Avenue
Fort Worth
Dallas
Joe
Tack
Walter Haynes
Henry the Second
Aging golfers issue lusty challenge to near age foursomes
McLean Country Club president D A Davis and three companions from Gray County Texas issue a bold challenge to city players. They boast ages 52 to 57 and offer to play any four men near their age in the Panhandle area with no regard to money. They invite rival foursomes from Clarendon and Amarillo to take them on.
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Panhandle
D. M. Davis
Puddenfoot
M. D. Bentley
N. E. Greer
Gus
Gray County
D. A. Davis
Mclean Country Club
McLean
Texas
Clarendon
Tack
Amarillo
Widow Seeks House Farm Child Care Work
A widow with a two year old seeks employment in house keeping child care or cooking on a farm or ranch. References available. Furnishings can be provided. Address 8 Arthur Street.
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Arthur Street
Goose Ramey Loses His Wheel
Edwin Ramey of Dimmitt Texas reports a three foot diameter plow wheel lost between Plainview and Nazareth via Tulsa on Friday July 28. He offers a $1 reward for its return and asks for bidders to contact him.
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Plainview
Nazareth
Tulsa
Edwin Ramey
Dimmitt
Texas
Young woman seeks employment in dental or office work
A young woman seeks work in a dentist office or light office and housework. She will accept placement with a couple or adult family and can provide strong references. Dial 7942.
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Dial
Coon Missing Dog Reward Offered in Local Notice
A missing medium sized dog named Coon, dark brown turning gray with white spots on legs and head, was last seen Friday. He wore a black collar with small socks. Reward offered for information or return. Dial 5023.
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Tack
Telephone operator answer time averages 4.8 seconds
Official tests show the average time for a subscriber call to be answered by a telephone operator is 4.8 seconds.
Mellon fortunes and New Deal tensions in heated era commentary
A columnist reflects on Andrew Mellon wealth, Harding era cabinet plans, and how industrial growth fueled payrolls. It notes N R A wage goals, rising strikes, and bold measures like possible capital punishment for kidnapping, with Roosevelt and Smedley Butler proposals.
Governor Lehman proposal on ransom and felony punishment
Governor Lehman suggests relatives who pay ransom could be charged with a felony and punished accordingly. He notes public support for the death penalty for kidnapping but argues against broad support for punishing ransom payers as compounding a felony, calling kidnapping prevention the state’s duty. He claims no kidnappings occur in land France Germany Italy and offers no method of avoidance.
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New York
Death Valley
Mojave Desert
Hodge
State of
Lehman
Mureer
France
Germany
Italy
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Harding
St. Augustine
Fla
Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Make & You
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Hanna Anderson
Life Insurance
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Roosevelt
Moley
United Action
Smedley D. Butler
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Aindal
Stovey Ke
Randal Drug Stores
SAVE
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Steffen
Duco
Bost
Prince Albert
Woodbury's
Jergen’s
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Castile
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National Recovery Administration
Bakers’ Code
NRW
Amarillo Baking Co
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Eakle Bidg
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